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Russian society will also pay a price, with the NSA’s surveillance programs giving the Kremlin ammunition to
defend
the expansion of state control over the Internet and other aspects of citizens’ personal lives.
Ongoing uncertainty about renminbi devaluation is fueling fears that deflationary forces will sweep through emerging markets and deliver a body blow to developed economies, where interest rates are at or near zero (and thus cannot be lowered to
defend
against imported deflation).
Unlike their predecessors in May 1968, today’s demonstrators are not in the streets to
defend
a different and better future.
Russia remains a steadfast supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and is not shying away from conflict with Turkey, or from forging a de facto alliance with Iran, in order to
defend
the Assad regime.
Europe must grow up and develop the capacity to
defend
its own interests, because the day is fast approaching when others will be less able and willing to do this for us than they once were.
Now, more than ever, Britain and the EU must
defend
and promote liberal democratic norms globally, not embrace populists’ narcissistic nationalism.
Stealth laws that claim to
defend
local values, religion, or the traditional family have nothing to do with protecting society from scary, immoral gays; they have everything to do with protecting scary, immoral oligarchs from society.
When faced with such major social problems, a preference for ignorance over knowledge is difficult to
defend.
Is it more difficult to predict, and adjust to, the coming of a fundamental change, than to
defend
the present order, under the motto of “the devil you know is always preferable to the devil you don’t know!”But, beyond these mental habits lie more structural reasons for the conservatism of foreign policymakers and diplomats.
The third option, acquisition of nuclear armaments by potentially threatened countries, was based on the assumption that a government would be willing to use such weapons to
defend
its own country, if not another one.
So the West opted to reinforce the status quo, with the US seeking to enhance the credibility of its policy of deterrence in Europe by stating, publicly and frequently, that it would indeed
defend
its allies, despite the risk that this would lead to an attack on its own territory.
Merkel has also been right to keep her distance from US President Donald Trump and to
defend
the liberal values that he disdains.
China’s willingness to arm and
defend
African dictators, even in the teeth of UN sanctions, as in Libya, undermines its claim to a “peaceful rise.”
In a recent report, the monitoring group Human Rights Watch documents repeated cases of individuals and communities affected by projects financed by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation who have stood up to
defend
their rights, only to suffer an array of abuses for doing so.
For starters, these countries must move urgently to
defend
free trade and open markets.
They want a fair and open system for electing their government, and to
defend
the freedom and rule of law that make Hong Kong so special and successful, a genuinely liberal – in the classical sense – society.
The more trade unions
defend
existing wage structures, and the lower productivity growth is, the longer the slump will be.
Even today, boards are sometimes choosing to
defend
their reputations at the expense of basic human decency.
We, the authors of this article, as well as the organization we represent, the Socialist International, have always defended Israel’s right to exist and
defend
itself.
The division of the Korean Peninsula, the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir, and the question of Taiwan (which by 2020 the US will no longer be able to
defend
from a Chinese attack, according to a 2009 study by the RAND Corporation) appear as intractable as the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
Since the riots last spring, China’s government has taken many pro-active measures, even adopting a “Serf Liberation Day,” to
defend
its record in Tibet of the past 50 years, while continuing to talk with the Dalai Lama’s representatives.
The Soviet threat generated a readiness to
defend
oneself and to bear heavy burdens.
According to them, each country should
defend
its own by any means, even if the rule of law is tested along the way.
Aside from threatening to withdraw the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement and to start a trade war with China, Trump praises Russian President Vladimir Putin and suggests that America should not honor its commitment to
defend
its NATO allies unless they pay more for that protection.
Many brave Iranians were prepared to risk their lives to
defend
their beliefs.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sought to portray himself as a savior of the international system, and yet his goal is not to
defend
the institutions on which global governance depends, but rather to bolster China’s power.
On trade, for example, multilateralists will need to work with China to
defend
the WTO; but they also need to reform the WTO so that it is equipped to curtail China’s problematic trade and investment practices.
Those who stand to lose from them might even move to
defend
the status quo, as the Council of Trent did in 1546, when it banned the printing and sale of any Bible versions other than the official Latin Vulgate, without Church approval.
Though I will
defend
the right of individuals to make racist statements, I would not make such statements myself or listen to a speaker making them.
Surely we can
defend
people’s right to express themselves without approving or endorsing their views.
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